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UNITED STATES.

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ROBERT C. ANDERSON, OFy -BAYONNE, AND FREDRIOK WINTERHALTER, OF

BERGEN POINT, NEW JERSEY.

CAN-SOLDERING MACHINE.

SECIFICATION forming part ofl Letters Patent No. 294,428, dated March 4,1884.

Application filed February 5, 1883.

Be it known th at we, ROBERT C. ANDERSON, of Bayonne, in the county ofHudson and State of New Jersey, and FREDRICK WINTERHAL- TER, of BergenPoint, in the countyof Hudson and State of New Jersey, have invented acertain new and useful Improvement in Machines for Soldering Cans, ofwhich the following is a specification. This improvement consists incertain combinations of parts in a machine wherein a traveling carriagetakes the cans from acid-receptacles to solder-receptacles, and thenceto cooling receptacles, finally delivering them-with the heads solderedto the bodies.-

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 is a plan of a machine embodyingour invention. Fig. 2 is a side View of the same. Fig. 3 is an end viewof the same.

Similar letters of reference designate corresponding parts in all thefigures.

A designates the bed of the machine. It is erected on standards A', andis provided with receptacles a for acid, receptacles a for solder, andreceptacles a2 for cooling the'solder. These receptacles are arrangedside' by side in pairs, so that two cans may be operated upon side byside. .The receptacles are of a shape to-suit the shape of the cans tobe soldered. The receptacles a are for containing acid suitable forpreparing the cans for the solder, and the receptacles a are forcontaining .melted solder. The cans with the heads upon Any suitablemeans `for'keeping the solder,

heated while in the solderreceptacles may be employed, and meansmay'also be employed for circulating water through thecooling-receptacles, if desirable.

B designates a carriage provided on the under sides with grooves ortracksc, which t upon rollers d, mounted in frames C, which are ened atthe ends to the bars D.

.fulcrumed between the ends, is connected at (No model.)

arranged on opposite sides of the bed A, and connected by a cross-bar,C', extending be- /neath the bed. Vithin this carriage are .two

.bar D-is preferably provided at regular in- Vare affixed pulleys E',having attached to them cords or bands E, which extend around pulleys f2on the ends of the bars D, and are fastthe rock-shaft' is furnished witha handle, S, whereby it may be conveniently turned. When it is turned inone direction, the cords are wound up on the pulleys E', and the bars ofthe pairs are drawn together. Springs F are interposed between the barsof each pair, and are coiled around'- rods F, which extend between andare supported by the bars. pair of bars is provided with rotaryclamping-pieces G G. The clamping-pieces G are loosely journaled in thebars D, 'and are free to rotate. They are provided with springngers ffor impinging against the can-bodies. The clamping-pieces Gare journaledin'the bars D, and also in the sides of the carriage.

At the vouter ends of their journals are toothed sectors G2, whichengage with toothed racks- 02 von the frames C, and, as the carriagetravels, derive motion therefrom. A lever, H,

one end to the cross-bar C, whereby the frames C are united, and at theother end it is pro- At one end Each vided with a foot-piece, whereby itmay be l actuated.

G3 designates guiderods, which work up through the bed A and serve toguide the cans into proper position upon the acid-receptacles a. Theseguide-rods are connected to a cross- `vpiece, which is attached-to thelever H between its fulcrum and the foot-piece. The

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movements of the carriage are limited by l moved back to its originalposition, substan means of pins which extend from it and are adapted tomake contact with the ends of one of the frames C. lt can move only thedistance between one pair of the receptaelesin the bed and the nextpair. \Vhen the lever H is in its normal position, the guide-rodsproject upward close to the acid-receptacles a. After the cans have beenacted upon by the acid, the operator turns the rock-shaft E, so as tocause the bars D D to clamp the cans. VVhile holding the handle, heypresses his foot upon the foot-piece of the lever H, and thereby raisesthe frames C and the carriage B. The cans are thereby raised Clear ofthe acid-reccptacles a. Still holding the handle, he pushes the carriageforward as far as it will go, and then releases the lever H, to allowthe carriage to descend, and releases the bars D D,to free the cans andleave them in the solder-receptacles e', rlhe carriage, while in itslowermost position, is then drawn back, and two more cans are placed inthe acid-receptacles e. The same operation is then repeated, whereuponthe first cans are removed from the solder-receptacles a and insertedinto the cooling-receptacles a, and the second cans are removed from theacid-receptacles c to the solder-receptacles a'. The carriage havingbeen moved back, a third pair of cans is inserted in theacid-receptacles a, and the operation is again repeated, the cans allbeing shifted to the next pair of receptacles. At this operation thefirst cans are gripped by the clamping-piecesG G, and, owing A to therotary movement which the clampingpicces G derive-from the travel of thesectors G2 over the racks C2, these cans are turned upside down andinserted into the acid-receptacles b. -At the next operation they areinserted into the solder-receptacles b', and finally into thecooling-receptacles b2. They are subsequently removed from the machine.The other pairs of cans are carried forward in the same way, and anadditional pair of cans is inserted in the acid-receptacles a beforeeach forward operation of the carriage.

\Vhat we claim as our invention, and desire to secure by Letters Patent,is-

l. In a machine for soldering cans, a bed containing a series ofreceptacles, a carriage, devices upon the carriage for gripping cans,means for releasing the gripping devices, supports whereon the carriagemay be reciproeated forward and backward above said receptacles, andmeans whereby said supports may be raised and lowered for the purpose ofraising and lowering the carriage, all being so combined and organizedthat cans arranged in the receptacles may be gripped bythe grippingdevices on the carriage, that the carriage may be raised for the purposeof taking the cans out of the receptacles, that the carriage may then bemoved forward to bring the cans over receptacles in advance of thosefrom which they were taken, and that the carriage may be subsequentlylowered, the gripping devices released from the cans, and the carriagetially as specified.

2. In a machine for soldering cans, a bed containing a series ofreceptacles, a carriage, devices upon the carriage for gripping cans,and rotary clamps carried by said gripping de vices, means for releasingsaid gripping devices and for rotating said clamps, supports whereon thecarriage maybe reciprocated forward and backward above said receptacles,and means whereby said supports may be raised and lowered for thepurpose of raising and lowering the carriage, all being so combined andorganized that cans arranged in the receptacles may be gripped by thesaid gripping devices, that the carriage may be raised for the purposeof lifting the cans out of the receptacles, that the carriage may thenbe moved forward to bring the cans over recep tacles in advance of thosefrom which they were taken, that the carriage may be subscquentlylowered, the gripping devices released from the cans, and the carriagemoved back to its original position, and that the rotary clamps, afterthe soldering of the cans at one end, may be turned during the forwardmovements of' the carriage to reverse the cans end for end,substantially as specified.

3. The combination, with a bed, A, provided with a series ofreceptacles, of a earriage, B, bars D D', and means for operating thelatter, substantially as specified.

4. The combination, with a bed, A, provided with a series ofreceptacles, of a earriage,B, bars D D', spring-fingersf, and means foroperating the bars, substantially as specified. I

5. rlhe combination, with a bed, A, provided with a series ofreceptacles, of a carriage, B, bars D D', the rock-shaft E, pulleys E',cords or bands Ez, and pulleys f 2, substantially as specified.

6. rlhe combination, with a bed, A,` provided with a series ofreceptacles, of a carriage, B, the bars D D', the frames C C, and thelever H, substantially as specified.

7. The combination, with a bed, A, of a carriage, B, therbars D D',means for causing the bars to grip cans, the clamping-pieces G', andmeans for rotating the latter, substantially as specified.

8. rlhe combination, with a bed, A, of a carriage, B, the bars D D',means for causing the bars to grip cans, the clamping-pieces G G', thesectors G2, and the racks C, substantially as specified.

9.l The combination, with a bed containing a series of receptacles, of acarriage adapted to travel along the said bed, means for gripping cans,guide-rods for the cans, and means for raising the carriage andsimultaneously depressing the guide-rods, substantially as specified.

ROBT. C. ANDERSON.

VLHCSSCS: FREDRICK WINTERlIALlER.

T. J. KEANE, JAMEs R. BOWEN.

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